The Last Dam Tournament 2026
2026 — Beaver, UT/US
Character Spar
Event Description:
Character SpAris a miniature form of debate in which the student competes against another student on a topic drawn in the round.
Students will select a character and come prepared to debate as that character for the entire tournament. They may come dressed as that character (no
masks). Debaters will do rock paper scissors to determine affirmative or negative on a topic. One topic will be given to the competitors by the judges.
The time will be as follows: 2 min PREP, 2 min Aff, 2 min Neg, 3 min CX. 1 min Aff, 1 min Neg. At the end of the debate, the judge will rank the
participants based on argumentation, and give speaker points (based on characterization) to each debater, up to 5 speaker points. Each debater in the
room will debate each of the others during the round, so they will debate 3 times each round. Round 1 is a statement, round 2 is vs, round 3 is a current
event.